Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-03-14. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (859) 271-9000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 61.0/100, placing it #11755 of 14703 facilities nationally and #211 of 268 in Kentucky. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 39 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 54 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $7,901. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $7,901, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home ranks 11755th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 61.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 211th out of 268 nursing homes. In Lexington, it ranks 12th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,855 nationally and RN hours rank #5,734 nationally (#124 in KY). Our composite quality score of 61.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Lexington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/lexington/